L.A. Times Daily - Feb 17 2026

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Clues Answers
"God bless you, please, __ Robinson" MRS
"So glad you've returned!," or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? WELCOMEBACK
"Stop!," at sea AVAST
"That's 100% true" NODOUBT
"__, Macduff": Shakespeare LAYON
*Celebration of Mexico's victory in the Battle of Puebla CINCODEMAYO
*Evaluates SIZESUP
*Only woman to serve as prime minister of India IndiraGandhi
*Punxsutawney Phil's big moment GROUNDHOGDAY
Actor Danson TED
Alabama civil rights march city SELMA
Apple on a teacher's desk, perhaps MACPRO
Aykroyd of "Ghostbusters" DAN
Bailiff's first word ALL
Basic skateboard jump OLLIE
Big bang letters TNT
Book identifier TITLE
Bouncy gait TROT
Boxer Muhammad ALI
City whose airport is named for 24-Across DELHI
Coherent LOGICAL
Cold War rival of the KGB CIA
Courage VALOR
Door fastener HASP
Egg cells OVA
Feel queasy AIL
Gimlet liquor GIN
Going solo ALONE
Gp. after millennials GENZ
Greek letter X CHI
Green curry cuisine THAI
High-protein bean SOYA
Joined a mosh pit SLAMDANCED
Jr.'s practice exam PSAT
Like an otter's fur OILY
Litter member WHELP
Little terrier YORKIE
Lotus pose, for one ASANA
Maker of small kitchen gadgets OXO
Clues Answers
Male sheep RAM
Marketed SOLD
Miami-__ County DADE
Michigan in Chicago, e.g.: Abbr AVE
Muslim pilgrim's destination MECCA
Name as a successor ANOINT
Native New Zealander MAORI
Ninny TWIT
Not on board with ANTI
One of a deadly septet LUST
One who's long in the tooth? VAMPIRE
Part of a semicolon DOT
Pitiful interjection ALAS
Poem of homage ODE
Prefix with pad HELI
Premier seating area LOGE
Prestigious prize with six categories NOBEL
Pros who cry "out" loud? UMPS
Rapid growth period BOOM
Refute DENY
Rumored Roswell visitor ALIEN
Settled on a perch ALIT
Snowbird ski resort state UTAH
Sobbing TEARFUL
Sound return ECHO
Southernmost nation on the Arabian Peninsula YEMEN
Special __ OPS
Start of the day DAWN
Stimulus SPUR
Stockholm-to-Helsinki dir ENE
Struggled to gain traction FLOUNDERED
Subterranean lava MAGMA
Swab again, as a deck REMOP
Torn asunder RIVEN
Trojan War tale ILIAD
Union suit? TUXEDO
UVA's athletic org ACC
Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde" REESE
__-in first-out LAST